In my humble opinion, I am a very cool girl that anyone would love to be friends with. However, I often worry that it will be hard to make new friends when I am in Russia. Why am I such a pessimist? I smile, I chit-chat and perform other such social interactions with ease. But, it is my understanding that everyone in Europe and China smokes! On the streets outside of bars people make friends as they stand around and chat over a cigarette. It seems to me, that it is very awkward to plainly stand around on the street without a drink or cigarette in hand. I really hope this doesn't cause me too much trouble

What ever will I do? I have an idea! Why don’t we smoke hookah instead!

I started smoking hookah at parties while I was studying at Berkeley. The very first time I ever tired it, I am not sure why, but I felt very sick afterwards. It was very strange, but now I really love hookah! After years of practice, I can even impress people by blowing smoke rings!

James and I found this hookah bar in the Mission district of San Francisco. We have gone twice and since it was a pretty neat place to hang out, so I decided to go there last Friday. So I rounded up some of my friends (Nat, Marcelus, Olya and Taylor) and we walked over after dinner. I thought that the owner, Yasha, would have recognized me but when I arrived, he didn’t even know my name! What’s worse is that he had no memory of me, even though James and I were there on Monday. This is of course, slightly embarrassing and depressing, since James and I always chat with him in Russian. Olya says this is because he was stoned or on drugs. I suppose his eyes were a little slow and he talked a lot with his hands, making the suspicion not too far off. I really hope that I don’t suffer a similar fate if I smoke too much hookah.

So there, that is my plan. When I don’t feel like being a drunk, I will switch to hookah. That is how I will make new friends.

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